DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

The Division of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Dokuz Eylul University was established in 1989 with the goal of training school and psychological counselors. Our division which started to teach in 1989-1990 academic year under the Department of Educational Sciences has been implementing formal education curriculum from the establishment to date. It has an undergraduate education that is four-year in progress as well as a masters and PhD degree programs are in progress at the Institute of Educational Sciences. The language of instruction in all undergraduate and graduate programs of Psychological Counseling and Guidance Education is Turkish.
The education program of our division targets to train school and psychological counselors with sufficient capacity and talent to train the future generations in accordance with the needs and requirements of both our country and our era. In addition to reinforcing the occupational knowledge and experiences of students, our division also attaches importance to directing them to sport, art, communication and culture activities supporting their personal development and improving their creativity and social relations.

Qualification Awarded

Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Bachelors Degree (B.Sc.), School and Psychological Counselor

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelors Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

High school diploma, placement through a nation-wide Student Selection Examination.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

The Regulations Concerning Transferring Between Associate Degree and Bachelors Degree Programs, Double Major and Minor Programs and The Interagency Credit Transfer and the Evaluation Terms and Conditions for parallel transfers determined by the University Senate are applied to students in Türkiye and foreign countries, who wish to transfer from higher education Institutions to Dokuz Eylul University.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Student must successfully complete all of the courses in the four-year program, in order to graduate. This degree is given to students who pass all courses in the curriculum, successfully complete a minimum of 240 ECTS credits and obtain an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 / 4.00.

Profile of the Programme

The Division of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, with its four-year undergraduate curriculum based on contemporary teacher training approaches, aims to educate qualified teachers who are aware of contemporary assessment and evaluation approaches, enable to design learning environments by means of instructional technologies and use various special teaching methods and techniques in their teaching, keep up with new developments and innovations in their field. Within the frame of this purpose, there are lessons, which aimed at career development of students as well as field information and general knowledge of them, in the curriculum of that program.
Since 2010, BOLOGNA Process (European Higher Education Area alignment) has been started for the citizens of the countries within the European Higher Education Area, to provide easy travelling for higher education and working.
Through bilateral agreements with high-quality institutions of international reputation, the Program is aiming to increase the knowledge and experience, by supporting the exchange of students and academics. As of 2012, the Program has bilateral agreements for ERASMUS Students and Scholars Exchange Program, and for FARABÄ° program.
The Division of Psychological Counseling and Guidance is situated in the building of Hasan Ali Yücel and comprised of 2 classrooms and 7 offices for academics. The classrooms are equipped with multimedia aids. There is also a room used for the application courses.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates of Division of Psychological Counseling and Guidance work in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers. They may also work in private psychological counseling and psychotherapy centers as counselors. In addition to these they may work in the institutes run by the government such as police departments, health departments, navy and justice departments.

Access to Further Studies

Students, who graduate from this program, may apply to second cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

According to the relative evaluation system, a student's success grade in a course is determined according to the success level of the class by evaluating the success level of the semester studies for that course and the grade he received in the final or make-up exam. This evaluation, which will be referred to as relative evaluation, is made by the instructor teaching the course, taking into account the statistical distribution of grades and the class average. At the end of the relative evaluation, each student is given a grade of success, expressed in letters indicating the degree of success, by the instructor teaching the course. The degrees of success and coefficients expressed by the success grades are shown in the table below.

90-100 4.00 AA
85-89 3.50 BA
80-84 3.00 BB
75-79 2.50 CB
70-74 2.00 CC
65-69 1.50 DC
60-64 1.00 DD
50-59 0.50 FD
49 ve aşağısı 0.00 FF
A student who receives one of the AA, BA, BB, CB, CC, DC, DD grades from a course is deemed to have succeeded that course. Moreover; Y (Unsatisfactory), B (Pass), M (Exempt) grades are grades that are not included in the average, and D (Absentee), E (Incomplete)
grades are temporary grades;
a) D grade is given to students who do not have the right to take the exam because they do not fulfill their attendance obligations or conditions regarding course practices, and is treated as (FF) grade in the grade point average calculation.
b) Grade B is given to students who are successful in courses that are not included in their grade point average.
c) Y grade is given to students who fail to succeed in courses that are not included in their grade point average.


Measurement and evaluation methods for each course are defined in the course syllabi prepared by the instructor/s. Exam and passings grades are regulated according to the rules and regulations of Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education undergraduate programs as indicated in their catalogs. According to these students must attend classes, practices and examinations. Students attendance is followed by the Instructor concerned. For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations : One midterm examination ( given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester ) and one final exam. The semester grades are determined by adding forty percent of the midterm exam and sixty percent of the final exam grade. In some courses, additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments could be given to students. If there is an additional work given in that course, then the semester grades are: 30% of the midterm exam, 10% the midterm project and 60% of the final exam. Students whose GPA are lower than 1.80 cannot register for a new course. Those who have failed in the final exam may take the make-up exam of which grade replaces the final exam and students grades are computated again based upon the make-up exam results.

Graduation Requirements

Student must successfully complete all the courses in the four-year program, in order to graduate. This degree is awarded to students who pass all courses in the curriculum, and provide a minimum of 240 ECTS credit with an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 / 4.00.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time training programs are implemented.

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Division: Prof. Dr. Diğdem Müge SİYEZ
E-mail: didem.siyez@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 301 22 37